Re:Review: AT&T 3G MicroCell
by spicyj on Wednesday November 04, 2009 @10:58PM
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But what's the point? Isn't the rationale for roaming charges that it costs more for them to set up (or rent) infrastructure overseas, so you have to pay to make up for it? Seems to me that the MicroCell doesn't cost them anything more if it's on a different continent.
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There's no rationale; roaming charges have always been hugely profitable for carriers, and now it's worth putting GPS chips into these femotcells and putting customers through an arduous setup process in order to "protect" that revenue.